I just purchased a Pentax K5 as a smaller walk around cameraIn Hawaii there is a sunset or sunrise in many of my shots and from the airplane the gorgeous colors usually include a sunset or sunriseSo for me DR is important thus I purchased the K5 based upon reviews, DxOmark and playing with it at the store.I figured I'd put the DR to a quick test and take side by side shots of the sun with both the K5 (18-135) and my P45+ AFDII (55-110)nothing scientific just a quick subjective comparison, images were processed in C1 with the same settings then post processed in CS4 with the same adjustments. I made no attempt to make them look the same ie color, sharpening etc just processed the same and cropped the P45+ 4x6

Thanks for sharing! The images are very impressive! I downloaded the RAW-files and will play around a little bit with them in the evening. No I need to go to office so I earn some money so I can buy photo stuff ;-)

I just purchased a Pentax K5 as a smaller walk around cameraIn Hawaii there is a sunset or sunrise in many of my shots and from the airplane the gorgeous colors usually include a sunset or sunriseSo for me DR is important thus I purchased the K5 based upon reviews, DxOmark and playing with it at the store.I figured I'd put the DR to a quick test and take side by side shots of the sun with both the K5 (18-135) and my P45+ AFDII (55-110)nothing scientific just a quick subjective comparison, images were processed in C1 with the same settings then post processed in CS4 with the same adjustments. I made no attempt to make them look the same ie color, sharpening etc just processed the same and cropped the P45+ 4x6

I just purchased a Pentax K5 as a smaller walk around cameraIn Hawaii there is a sunset or sunrise in many of my shots and from the airplane the gorgeous colors usually include a sunset or sunriseSo for me DR is important thus I purchased the K5 based upon reviews, DxOmark and playing with it at the store.I figured I'd put the DR to a quick test and take side by side shots of the sun with both the K5 (18-135) and my P45+ AFDII (55-110)nothing scientific just a quick subjective comparison, images were processed in C1 with the same settings then post processed in CS4 with the same adjustments. I made no attempt to make them look the same ie color, sharpening etc just processed the same and cropped the P45+ 4x6

Yes, would be nice if you could elaborate on that opinion. It seems that the Pentax K-series are very well made and the K5 also has excellent image quality. Pentax is one the smaller actors, however. It' also a bit odd that Pentax now has MF digital and APS-C and no full frame.

It seems that you have some knowledge about how things work in the land of the rising sun, so you may have some clues on Pentax market position, future and so on.